Storm sash handle



Nov, I0; E; Ra. THoMPsoN S-ITDRMZ smsk: HANDLE Filefi Jime- 25, 1962 3 T NM M W0 R. N m m A TTORNEY 3,156,021 STORM SASH HANDLE Edwin R. Thompson, Canfield, Ohio, assignor to Western Reserve Plastic, Inc., Canfield, Ohio Filed June 25, 1962, Ser. No. 204,847 1 Claim. (Cl. 20-52) This invention relates to a storm sash handle and more particularly to a flexible plastic handle adapted to be positioned in a storm sash so that the same can be moved thereby.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a storm sash handle of simple and eflicient construc tion capable of being quickly and easily installed in a storm sash.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a storm sash handle that is normally closely positioned against the storm sash and may be moved away therefrom when used.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a storm sash handle that fits into a storm sash frame in place of a section of the spline normally used therein and engages both the storm sash frame and the glazing positioned therein.

The handle for a storm sash disclosed herein comprises an improvement in the storm sash art and particularly in the art relating to storm sash of the so-called drop-in glazing type. Such storm sash are being adopted in the industry and comprise a light-weight aluminum frame having an inturned flange defining the window opening and adapted to receive a section of glass directly thereagainst. A plastic spline is then engaged in the storm sash so as to hold the section of glass in position against the flange. Such sash have the advantage of being preformed without the glass so that the glass can be added by simply dropping it in position in the finished frame and applying the spline as a retainer. Such sash are usually not provided with means for moving the same and the present invention discloses a handle formed of resilient plastic which is engaged in the storm sash and against the edge of the glass and replaces a portion of the spline and forms a convenient handle for moving the storm sash.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes-of the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the storm sash handle.

FIGURE 2 is a front plan view of a portion of a storm sash with parts broken away and showing the handle in position therein. 7

FIGURE 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of FIG- URE 2.

By referring to the drawings and FIGURE 1 in particular, it will be seen that the storm sash handle comprises a substantially rectangular body member 10 formed of thin.

flat resilient plastic and having a transversely extending oppositely disposed ribbed or thickened section 11 on its United States Patent uppermost end. The side edges of the body member 10 are preferably tapered as at 12 and 13 and the body member 10 is provided adjacent its lowermost edge 14 with a pair of oppositely disposed transversely extending horizontal flanges 15 and 16 respectively. It will be observed by referring to FIGURE 3 of the drawings that the flange 15 is relatively wider and thinner than the flange 16 and that the upper surface of the flange 16 is rounded Where it merges with the body member 10 and along its outermost edge. It will be noted that the lowermost portion of the body member 10 comprises a vertical flange 17 which is offset with respect to the body member 10 and in the direction of the horizontal flange 16 beneath which it is positioned. The flange 17 therefore is adapted to extend downwardly into a channel in the sash frame 18 as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3 of the drawings with the flange 15 underlying the section of glass 19 and the flange 16 replacing a section of plastic spline 20. Those skilled in the art will observe that the cross sectional representation of the sash 18 is of a more or less conventional drop in design and that it includes the upstanding flange 21 against which the section of glass 19 is engaged and held by the spline 20 and the handle body member 10. Thus, the storm sash handle disclosed herein fulfills two purposes; one, it provides a convenient handle normally out of the way and positioned flat against the glass 19; and secondly, it provides a section of spline for holding the section of glass 19 in the storm sash frame 18 against the flange 21 thereof.

It will occur to those skilled in the art that the cross sectional shape of the storm sash frame 18 may be and is frequently varied, for example, by moving the relative location of the longitudinal channel therein which is shown in FIGURE 3 of the drawings as receiving the depending flange 17. When this channel is' moved to the left, the depending flange 17 is alternately positioned in oflset relation to the horizontal flange 15 and it will thus occur to those skilled in the art that this is an obvious modification and does not depart from the spirit of the invention.

A further modification is possible and some times desirable and takes the form of an offset vertical flange on the outermost edge of the horizontal flange 16 as seen in FIGURES 1 and 3 so that the opposite side of the glass 19 may be engaged. Inasmuch as these are equivalent structures of the preferred form of the invention as illustrated and described herein they are referred to as modifications.

It will be thus be seen that a storm sash handle has been disclosed which meets the several objects of the invention, and having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A window sash frame including a panel liner and a handle to assist in raising and lowering said window sash comprising a bottom frame member of the window sash having a front vertical rib and a rear vertical rib, said ribs being coextensive with said bottom frame member and forming a substantially triangular recess therebetween, upper surfaces of said ribs providing spaced shoulders in the same plane, and a panel retaining flange integral with said bottom frame member and extendingvertically upward beyond the surface of said rear rib and flush with an inner surface of said rib, the handle being of resilient material having a thickened portion along the length of its uppermost edge so as to be grasped with the human Patented Nov. 10, 1964' hand, and an inner and outer flange disposed at right angles to said handle in opposite directions in the same plane along the lowermost edge of said handle and coextensive therewith, a lower face of said outer flange engaging the shoulder of said front vertical rib and substantially the width thereof and flush with an outer facing of said front vertical rib, a lower face of said inner flange engaging the shoulder of said rear vertical rib and an end of said inner flange engaging the lower inner portion of said panel retaining flange, a top face of said in- 10 of said panel, a depending flange extending along the lower edge of the handle and coextensive therewith, said depending flange engaging an inner face of said outer vertical rib coextensive therewith and with its end edge 5 portion engaged in the bottom of the recess.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,285,003 Axe June 2, 1942 2,676,055 Hurnpal Apr. 20, 1954 3,009,214 Thompson Nov. 21, 1961 

